Improvement in seed-drills



BALL & NAUIVIAlI. Sed-Dropper.

No. 30,114. Patented Sept. 2.5, 1860..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo Gr. S. BALL AND WM. H. NAUMAN, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-DRILLS.

Spcciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 30,114, dated September 25, 1860.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, GEORGE S. BALL and and WILLIAM H. NAUMAN, oi' Dayton, in the countyofh/iontgomery,in the StateofOhio,have invented certain new and useful Improyements in SeedDrills; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a plan showing'the bottomv side of the drill With the slides all on and the openings closed. Fig. 2 is also a plan, showing the bottom with the slides off. Fgxf shows the inside arrangement. Fig. 4: shows the regulating-slides.

In Fig. 1 the slide F is shown drawn out, so as to close the openings through which the seed passes. T T are tubes cast on the clamps H H. Y

In Fig. 2, D is the indicator, one end of which moves over the graduated aro E, and is attached to the slides by pins, which Work in the slots i t'. As this moves over the arc at one end the slides are moved to the right and left and the openings for the seed increased or diminished, the pointl of the indicator D showing' the amount of seed escaping' at any time. Through the openings l lm. n 0 is shown the feeders a a, heilig wheels with hang-es in the center and wings w fai on either side, the ange in each working directly over the center of the opening in the slides.

In Figz the inside of the drill is shown with the feedera working on a-roller, R. The slides, Slightly opened, are seen :it O. In Fig'. 4 the slides are more plainly shown. When open they are in the position shown by thedotted lines. K

What we claim as our invention, and desiie to secure by Letters Patent, is

TheI arrangement and combination of the feeder a, the indicatlor D, graduated are E, slides B B, and cut-oft' F, the whole constructed and operating as set. forth.

GEO. S. BALL.

WVM. H. NAUM-AN.

Witnesses:

JAMES TURNER, M. P. NoLAN. 

